A New Arrival

Bailed out of doing any cooking over Christmas and started the holiday having supper at The Wolseley, the restaurant a buzz of joviality. On the day, lunch at York and Albany where a magician and Father Christmas traditionally got more and more tipsy as the day went on.

Can't remember how many delicious courses there were, but Angela Hartnett cooked a mean lunch - and what bliss not having all that clearing up.

I got there just in time, as her labour only lasted two and a half hours, having followed the guidance of Dr Gowri - the author of Gentle Birth Method and founder of the Jeyarani Way -with Kasia, a gentle birth practitioner. Through diet, exercise and visualisation, learning when to take time and pause, the Gowri method is a phenomenon. She required no drugs and had no stitches and twenty minutes later we were having Marmite on toast in the delivery room - and best of all we now have Woody.